RULE 424 (C) REG. NO. 33-47856 INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC. SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED JUNE 2, 1992 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTS DATED AUGUST 12, 1993 AND OCTOBER 5, 1995 The 48,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock in column (B) are covered by this Prospectus and are, or may be, offered by the Company's non-employee directors who, at the time of such offering, will have acquired said shares upon the exercise of options granted since October 5, 1995 under the Company's stock option plan for non-employee directors. The shares of the Company's Common Stock shown in column (A) below include 62,000 shares of Common Stock which the non-employee directors of the Company have (or will have as of 60 days after such date) the right to acquire under stock options granted by the Company. COMMON STOCK WHICH MAY BE SOLD -------------------------------- (A) (B) SHARES UNDER OPTIONS GRANTED WHICH MAY BE COMMON STOCK OFFERED FOR POSITION WITH COMPANY OWNED AS OF THE SELLING WITHIN THE PAST DECEMBER 31, SHAREHOLDER'S NAME THREE YEARS 1996 ACCOUNT ---- ----------------- ---------- ------------- Margaret Hayes Adame ....... Director 2,000 6,000 Robin Chandler Duke ........ Director 17,000 6,000 Richard M. Furlaud ......... Director 54,250 6,000 Herbert G. Reid ............ Director 15,000 6,000 George Rowe, Jr. ........... Director 9,325,428* 6,000 Stanley M. Rumbough, Jr. ... Director 32,000 6,000 Henry P. van Ameringen ..... Director 7,352,443* 6,000 William D. Van Dyke, III ... Director 7,837,458* 6,000 - ----------- * See page 4 of the Company's Proxy Statement for 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which is incorporated by reference herein for a further description of the shares of the Company's Common Stock beneficially owned by Messrs. Rowe, van Ameringen and Van Dyke. Their percentage of beneficial ownership stated in the proxy statement will remain unchanged after the sale of the shares in column (B) above. THIS SUPPLEMENT IS DATED AUGUST 26, 1997